Dara Persis Murray
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Great post, Joel!
Hi Joel, I really enjoyed your post! Since you mention "acts of conspicuous self-labeling," I'm wondering if you see connections between self-branding and visual activism in your examples? Best, Dara ... -
Thanks, Zara
Zara, You raise some great points- expanding on your insight, perhaps the difficulty in actually seeing the vloggers underscores their anxiety at being seen, even though they are asking to be. That is, these vlogs capture the producer's sense of the ... -
Thanks, Eric
Eric, You're definitely right about the complexities of the responses, and I lean towards thinking that the vloggers would prefer not to have to do the distilling of responses themselves. It would be easy enough for them to avoid that process by modi ... -
Thanks, Lyndsey
Lyndsey, Thanks for your comments. The vlogger's communication surely speaks to her desire to control the outcome of the question, yet her experience of power (or lack of it?) in this process may reinforce low self-esteem-- or, perhaps, since the fee ... -
Irony and Beauty
Hi Zara, What a fascinating topic and post! Given that the title of their shows ("13 Most Beautiful Avatars") emphasize beauty in relation to the avatars, and since their texts draw on Pop art- imagery in which irony was an integral theme- what ... -
Power Structures and Online Branding
Julie, I very much enjoyed your application of Bakhtin’s work to ANTM. In light of our conversations about Tyra and branding, I'm interested in your thoughts on ANTM beyond the text itself. For instance, Tyra's online efforts may be conceived as ... -
Future research directions
Great questions, Kim. I feel that the personal branding lesson was intended to reinforce messaging about ANTM as a platform for career success, perhaps to combat the "reality" that most viewers and contestants know (even Lindstrom says it to the ... -
Adding on to the discussion
I tease out the meanings of personal branding in Top Model in my post, which is live tomorrow. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! In regards to the discussion about authenticity, I think it's important to acknowledge Tyra's role in shapin ...